Editing Carrizo Springs, Texas (section)

==History==
Carrizo Springs lies along [[U.S. Route 83]], approximately 82 miles northwest of [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] and 45 miles north of the [[Mexico|Mexican]] border. Route 83 intersects [[U.S. Route 277#Texas|U.S. Route 277]] there. The name "Carrizo Springs" derives from similarly named springs in the area; the name is [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for [[Phragmites|a type of grass]] once common in the area.  Founded in 1865 by settlers from [[Atascosa County, Texas|Atascosa County]], Carrizo Springs is the oldest community in the county.<ref>[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfc02 Handbook of Texas Online.]</ref>

Carrizo Springs, along with [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Uvalde, Texas|Uvalde]], [[Crystal City, Texas|Crystal City]], and [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], was a major stop on the defunct San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, a Class I line, which operated from 1909 until it was merged into the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqs12|title=Nancy Beck Young, "San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad Company"|publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]] on-line|access-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref>

More recently, Carrizo Springs has become the home of the only [[olive]] orchard and oil press in Texas.<ref>[https://texasoliveranch.com/ Texas Olive Ranch]</ref>